Noun
The act of pillaging.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery market, even a socialist market, is a system of predation. Our attempt to get beyond predation has thus far failed. I do not think the right conclusion is to give up. Gerald Cohen
Isn't there anything you can do about the predator?” Carmody asked. "Nothing. Nor would I if I could. Predation is a necessary circumstance. Even the Gods are eventually eaten by Fate. You will not be an exception to the universal rule. Robert Sheckley
Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem. Mike Fitzpatrick
‘You didn't build that' will be Obama's political epitaph: With these remarks, Obama has come out of the closet as a most odious collectivist, who believes religiously that government predation is a condition for production. Or, put simply, that the parasite created the host. Ilana Mercer
Government may be intrinsically evil; clearly they operate on the basis of tax predation. Robert LeFevre
There seems to be a general consensus among informed observers that genuine cases of predation are very rare birds. William J. Baumol